Database of total cinema attendance and box office revenue including derived metrics such as average admissions per head, average ticket prices, average spending per head. Data includes monthly and quarterly time periods based on data availability.

Database of metrics by key exhibitor such as total sites, screens and seats. Data is also presented for admissions and box office by exhibitor, where publicly available. Also includes rankings by exhibitor groupings and international players.

Database of total cinema sites, screens and seats including derived metrics such as average screens per site, and average seats per screen. Data includes multiplex sites and screens and screen density factors such as screens per square km.

Database of digital cinema metrics including total digital sites and screens, 3D sites and screens and related penetration of each metric to total screens. Data includes quarterly tracking of total digital and 3D screens, and related calculation for quarterly net screen additions.

Database of film release and distributor market share metrics including total distributor rentals. Includes total film releases and box office revenue broken down by country of origin as well as theatrical distributor metrics for number of first run releases, market share and gross revenue.

The Media & Technology Digest provides a monthly analysis of the key trends and innovations shaping the global technology landscape. Written by our senior analysts the digest includes a detailed focus on key industry hot topics, analysis of all major industry and product announcements with in-depth examinations of significant industry trends.

Two new global PLF (premium large format) brands have launched in Q1 2019 further intensifying market competition in the developing PLF cinema market. Digital technology company, Sony, has launched a new PLF system known as Sony Digital Cinema which will see the company enter into direct competition with Imax and Dolby Cinema for the first time.

Box office revenue in China reached RMB60.9 bn in 2018, a 9.1% growth year-on-year, according to data from China Film Administration (former SARFT). In total, 1.716 bn cinema tickets were sold during the year, up from 1.62 bn in 2017.

Experiential cinema technology company, CJ 4Dplex, has reported record results for both of its technology formats: in 4DX, its motion with environmental stimuli seating and Screen X, the multi-screen/projector format.

Imax has called time on its location-based virtual reality (VR) pilot first launched in 2016. The future of the initiative was first plunged into doubt earlier in 2018 as the company began shuttering two non-profitable sites (Shanghai and New York in June 2018), promptly followed by other closures, such as Manchester, its only European site in November 2018.

RealD has secured its most significant order by a circuit for the RealD Ultimate Screen with a 100-screen order from Wanda Cinema Line Corporation in China. The deal will see no fewer than 100 RealD Ultimate screens installed in premium screens of Wanda Cinema line.

We have added enhanced details for PLF screens to include the list of exhibitor PLF brands and screen totals by territory. This is available in the subject database under Digital Technology as well as in the country aggregated workbook.